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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE Y.M.C.A..
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE! HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS."]
Sik, Clear Vision* 38 not they person who was amazed when reading the report of the speech delivered by the Governor of the Colony at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Y. M. C. A. movement many were astounded, even this is a mild word ex pressive of the feelings of a large num ber of the community.
I certainly do not agree with His Ex cellency that the present time is uppe tune for asking the public to subscribe the large sum of $70,000, it is particular ly inopportune, Surely the sum of $140,000 would be of immense buteft, if remitted home, in helping our wounded and suffering soldiers and sailors and in a dazen other ways that do not nend mentioning
The YMCA is doubtless a worthy - object, and the Association has done a large amount of good and has helped our soldiers and sailors in a variety of ways at home, but I ask-Is the erection of a handsome building out here going to help even in the amallest way onr nation in the present crisis? If the answer is No! then I say it is an absolute waste of money to expend" for such a purpose,
HONGKONG POLICE AT THE
FRONT
AN INTERESTING LETTER
A letter has been received from Ride man A. W. Ailchurch, one of the Hong kong Police contingent, who is with the British Expeditionary Fores in France, The letter, which was addressed to the Captain Superintendent of Police, is as follows:-
"It is with great pleasure that I am writing to you on behalf of the under mentioned Hongkong Police in this bat talion (2nd King's Royal Rifles): Wake ford, Painting, Carpenter, Booker, Kelly Bloor, Hoare and myself Up to the pre- Bent we are, very pleased to say that we are in the best of health in the trying conditions that we have to put up with Nevertheless, we are quite cheerful and wo all feel highly honoured in that we are here doing our duty to the Mother coun- try on behalf of Hongkong, and it is to
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY JUNE 9TH 1918.
LOTTERY CURSE IN SHANGHAL
HOW THE CHINESE ARE VICTIMIZED.
GAMBLER SUPERSTITIONS:
Recently several notorious Hua Hu gamblers have been exploiting the Shanghei district very thoroughly Many foolish Chinese have fallen vic tims at their hands (Translation
THE PERING UNIVERSITY.
APPEAL TO BRITISHT ENGINEERING FIRMS,
INTIMATIONS
LANE
CRAWFORD &00.
ESTABLISHED 1850,
With reference in the proposed extens sion of the Engineering Department of thu Peking University, shy's the Land C Hanfess, we may express the hope that the desire of the Chancellor to obtain samples and models of engineering pro- If you came horse and found that your will be generously responded to by Bri. evening meal was not prepared because fish traders. The Lancelor may well feel that asking the Resistance of the your servants had pawned all the pots in British manufacturer is not a transac order to get money for the Hua Huition with the bencht entirely on the part what would you do? That is the experi ence of the Chinese householder. He makes a row with the servants, and not a few of the suicides among lower class Chinese women are traccabio to the Hun Hui either directly or indirectly. If it is not the family rice-pot that is sold it may be the master's favourite chair, or the mistress choicest hair ornament; for
from the Chinese Press) is of United Kingdom contacture SPORTS
A DOMESTIC NUISANCE
The Hua Hui lottery is the cause of more domestic chiscord than any other form of gambling in Shanghai, and it is the most difficult of all for the police to run down, for the simple reason that there is never any tangible evidence to work on. Hundreds of agents are selling chances to many thousands of people daily, yet there are no tickets, as it is
drawings, so there is no central place to raid. It is no new thing, this Hoa Hui lottery, and the police say there is more of it now than there ever was Last year there were 43 agents convicted, there have been several arrests this year includ ing four in Wayside läst werk, and it is Chinese Press probably refers. to the latter that the paragraph from the
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TELEPHORES 1741 AND 1742.
DEPARTMENT.
SOLE AGENTS FOR SPALDING'S ATHLETIC GEAR,
GOLF CLUBS
RIGHT AND LEFT HANDED INCLUDING
FAMOUS
SPALDING'S “GOLD MEDAL”
CLUBS.
FROM $4.75 BACK.
of the University, as laboratories equip ned with British manufacture cannot fail to influence the mind of the students. We need scarcely urge the importance to British trade interests in Chinn of having the engineering schools. equipped by British firms. There is little doubt if they were
asked, but as the Chancellor that other nations would come forward and other Chinese professors have been educated in England or Scotlandy con siderable preference is naturally shown for British equipment. While it is. true that the University may in time get money from the Chinese Government for CANN AND TAYLOR'S equipment, we understand that at the moment all they are promised is $120.000 this year (1816) for buildings and a few thousand dollars for instruments. The allowance for maintenance is at present $30,000 per month, or, say, £34,000 per annum. Steps are now being taken we GOLF BALLS. CAPTIVE GOLF SETS. understand, to approach firms in Eng and with a view of procuring the first equipment free of charge to the Univer sity. It must be borne in mind that if the engineering schools of Peking are neglected by British intereste, other countries will step in and endeavour to make Peking a serious rival to the Bri
AUTOGRAPH" CLUBS,
ALL MODELS
$3.50 EACH
RUBBER TEES. BALL CLEANERS. ETC.
TENNIS RACKETS.
SLAZENGER'S
douc verbally No crowds attend the fish-controlled University at Hongkong. LAMBERT CHAMBERS,'
It should also be remembered that there exist already technical schools at Tsing- fao at present under Japanese control, and one at Shanghai under Anterican control, while Japan Universities Recuro a large number of students from China.
"DOHERTY,"
99
“ IZ,”
GE
GOLD MEDAL"
the moment it makes no difference to the you that we wish to express our gratiservant, so long as she gets the money tude for your great kindness in getting, to buy a chance in the lottery, for that us leave to come home, and do our bit. is what the Hua Hoi is. We have all of us had some very rough times owing to the wet weather. The trenches at times have been like paddy folds in the New Territory; knee deep in mud. It is quite a novelty to have a mud bath. The only bad fault about it is that it takes up the best part of our rest time getting clean and respectable I how come to the question of necessity agnin. None of ne have been wounded, for a Junior Club," as H.E. was but we have had narrow squeaks' On pleased to call it. As an old resident of one occasion Bloor and myself were stand the Colony I have a very clear recolleeing with three other fellows in the trench tion of the rise and fall of no less than arranging our tour of tactics when a rif £ve=““ Junior Clubs,” viz., The Masonic grenade felt amongst us and exploded Club, City Club, New Club, Bowling wounding the other three. The two of us Club and St. George's Club. The three were very lucky, for bar a shower of dire There is always one company operating. first - named were well managed, had wo did not receive a scratch. On the whole the Hua Hut in the Shanghai district, billiard-tablea, howling allies, reading: we have had an casy time as regards dreds of agents, mostly women, who work
sometimes two. The heads employ bun
AN EXAMPLE FROM SHANGHAI room and bar, yet one by one they simply straffing. Our company has got the the houses of the lower class Chinese, sell- fizzled out after a few years simply for name of being the Devil's own lucky ing chances to the women, and to women
A very glaring example of the un- want of sufficient members to support
servants of the better classes and of for reliability of German machinery is dis them, and that is what I prophesy will Casualties are few and far be cigners. There are 30 characters, each closed in the annual report of the En- happen in this sase if the scheme goes tween. We had our first taste of German standing for some anicial, bird, fish.
Dower cto. The lottery is drawn daily, Sinter-in-Chief of the Electricity Depart through. It should be horne in minthe morning. Fortunately for us, we were think horse" ur dog is to vin, tociklit appears that there was a regions.
gas on April 20th, in the early hours of and one of the 36 characters wins. If you, mens of the Shanghai Municipal Coun HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO & quite prepared and had sufficient time to get on our gas helmets. It is simply horrible stuff, and it spoiled our breakfas'.......... which we had just prepared (biscuits and
that in past years there was: far, more Becessity for a Junior Club” than now in those lays' we had only. The Victoria Recreation Club and the City Club
UNRELIABILITY OF GERMAN
MACHINERY.
besides the Hongkong Club, whereas normalado a la carte), Six hours on ang back 30 times your investment, The Shwe likely to end in
we have the Golf Club, the Phoenix Club, the Engineers' Instituto, Victoria
Recreation Cinb, the two Yacht Clubs, the Kowloon Bowling Club, • Kowloon Cricket Club, and the Taikoo Recreation
Ch.
Now in regard to the proposed site. The one offered so generously hy the Government is an utterly impossible one from the point of view of convenience for members. Fancy in the summer months. tolling nil that way up Garden Road! Of course une could take a chair, but the expense would be considerable if this was indulged in, say, three times a day.
I would like to ask this question :-Is there.. any member of the large and in fluential Finance Committee who would care to finance the scheme as pre zented by 11.E. the Governor with a view of obtaining a fair return on capital outlay and as a business proposition?
The Governor's argument that we are In a better position now to subscribe the
eighteen off would be great just now. It is generally eighteen on and six off. Plenty Ah 1 well, we feel much of hard work. better for it; ready for anything that should happen to come along. With the best wishes from us all to your self and to the other members of the Police Force and the Police Reserve
Y.M.C.A, BUILDING FUND
THIRD LIST OF DONATIONS.
HOW TO DREAM TRUE.
turuine
crrow, you can buy a chance through breakdown of the German build Turbo- your hairdresser or your famah alternators at the Riverside: Station. It agents are usually hair dressers. It is stated that evidence collected in the horse" or "dager whatever animal United States and England goes to show that the case of the particular meras or reptile you have selected, wins, you sat-gif we construction of the money is paid to you promptly by the disaster, while chemical analysis of the agent from whom you took the chance, metal conclusively proves that a wrong although he gave you no receipt or ticket selection was made in its choice. Fur in order to keep free of the police they ther; ir veeras that two of the wokchines do everything verbally. A chance costs whien developed blade trouble bud scen anywhere from a cash to a dollar, noin commission only one year and ullie mero and no less, and you can pay what | munthis::. Offer mechanical defıçts have ever you want within that limit, and also since shown up. While it is recog get back 30 times your stake, if you win. mised that the best of machines may give
some troable at times, the pentrical fo There are several god ways of selectives that trouble such as WC experienced with the German built ing ing the winning charecter for tomorrow's chinesat Riverside is directly taccably drawing. The best way is to dica u about to faulty construction and selection of it. If you find your amah asleep while metais. Moreover, figures are quoted in the baby is yelling, do not blame her. zas report showing the yearly cost in re She is only trying to dream of the lucky pairs and maintenance of British-bajli character by which she hopes to win mecies at Fearon-road Station in com- conts by investing one. If you team parisca with the German machines at of monkeys to-night, by all means you leesside. From these it appears that should buy a monkey chance to-morrow, the expenditure in connection with the If you hear a reostas erow in the night than double that required for the upkeep Gunnan-Sunehincs is considerably more put your money on !! rouster to morrow. Sometimes it fails, but not always. When of the British; so that the German ma you open the door in the morning if the chines are not only not as good as the fret animal you see is a cat, buy a
Bizish makes, bat, "cat"
t also they cost twice tach to repair and maintain. Täis inches
The following is a list of the donations nade yesterday to the YMCA. Build ing fund:-)
The Union Insurance Society
-of- Canton
China Fire Insurance Co. ........... aleisri Gibb, Livingston & Co. Hon. Mr. Chaud Severn Mr. N. J. Stabb ..... Sir Charles Elot, K.C.MEG Mr. H. J. Godge Mr W II Ford Mr. F. M. Mohler MA MMr. A. Afackenzie against subscribing. If he is a true | Dr. G. W. McKean prophet, then for goodness sake let us Messrs. Gande, Price & Co. conserve our money for the hard time Mr. N. Peterkin coming and not expend it on the erection B Monteith Webb
$70,000 than we shall be 18 months or two "years hence is decidedly an argument
-of a “ Junior Club, which, I feel sure,
is foredoomed to failure. Yours fasth fully,
-EX ADVERSO,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS.
SIR, The Bentiments expressed by your correspondent Clear Vision" re- garding the sudden agitation for sub- scriptions to
YMCA Building
Douglas Wilson Mr. W. G. Goggin
Mr. W. W. Mackenzie Mr. A. K Mackenzie ME FPJ Wodehouse
Hon. Mr. C. Mel Messer Mr. R. J. Stevenson
Already acknowledged.
1,50 1,000.0
"300.00 260.00 250.00
30
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indeed, says the 4 and 1. Baureus,
The 25 characters are arranged in regi, cbject lesson which, it may be hoped,
lar numerical order. If some one gives you a nice fat goose, take it home and | weigh it If it weighs, hay, 10 catty, 60 30 count up to the tenth character and back 506 that. You can weigh your baby, or a 50/10 chair, or anything. But dreaming is the 25.99 best of alle varie
4,870.00
230 The luckiest place in which to dream 18 25.00 on a grave. Now that summer is here, it❘ 2000 is a nightly sight to see Chinese going 10.9 to the outskirts of the Settlement, there 10.00 to stretch themselves but to sleep and to 10.00 dream on a grave. Whatever you dream 10.40 of while on the grave and it is represent -1000 led by one of the 36 characters, even ra-
70.00
motely, you will surely win. Last year 10:00
a man went out to the end of Chaou Foong Road in the country to try the grave dream. The country folk took him for a robe and nicbbed him to death, 80,765.00 but that does not always happen. Not long ago a man was arrested in Poutunz $85,635.00 for having killed a dog, the blood of which he was pouring over a grave ou which he intended to dream Why he did this is not easy to see, but it is explained something like this. The character for dog and the character for 9, while totally different when written, ure, pro nounced alike. The dog's blood was a sacrificial offering to give him good "joss for the ninth character.
Fund are timely reminders of the in my opinion, it is a positive scandal The that any Committee should have issued duty we owe to the Empire.
idea of the local Government bestowing a document similar to one shown me by its agis at this time upon any scheme member of the Finance Committee for raising funds which are not, directly or indirectly, intended for war purposes
éter
This paper is headed Report, on one side is printed "Subscriptions" and on
MYSTERIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
will be taken to heart by prospective buyers and users of electrical plant. throughout China.
WHAT MATTERS THE TRICE?
GERMAN OFFICER ON NECESSITY
OF TAKING VERDUN,
It is not easy to discover what inside knowledge, if any, a German officer c high rank lately taken prisoner on the Dina may bring to bear on the Verdun offensive and its meaning, but, as the enemy is hurling himself against te Frenco with redoubled fury, the reasons he advances for persisting in nis noja- Caust may be given for what they are worth. He says
Verdun is an advanced post on our
flank How could we seek to march on salient thrust into our lines? We read Paris by other routes while leaving this attentively all that is written in enemy newspaper and are surprised at your astonishment. According to you, all we try is stupid, or at least impractical, or useless. We have, all the same, Com |_tinued_to_seb according to our forcep - tions. What matters the price When it is absolutely necessary to obtain some – The drawing takes place daily at some thing the price becomes a question of the Central place, which is changed frequent third order The foreign critics are ap- is to my mind preposterous-Faithfully, the reverse, “Asked and positively re- ly. But instantly, as soon as the drawing palled at our losses and astonished at
fused. I suppose official and other has been held, everyone in the whole seeing us consent to them,
and bring attack in pressure will be exercised later on the Shanghai district knows which character regiment after regiment to- poor people who, for good reasons of has won, by a mysterious sort of wire close formation, and that without hesi
less, and the winnings are paid immeditation. Be assured that Germany, more But their own, have declined to subscribe. ately by the agent who received the verbal than anyone, has need of these men. Hongkong is about the only place in order. Of course he sells another chance what is to be done to be conquered be
fore having attained our and for next day. Chances can be bought which anyone would have had the auta right to the hour of the drawing. The throw that adverasry that 18the ques
tian. That in why cach city to issue such a document. Enclosing chief patrons are women, of the servant minute, each second my card. I am, sir, yours faithfully,
and factory-girl class, and as these people |
extreme unportance vill steal in order to get the necessary i why we and it to our ONE WHO HAS BEEN ASKED AND money to back their dreams the whole the method which others think
business may be said to be the one form Whatever our lostes may be they, -POSITIVELY REFUSED,
of gambling that causes the moat trouble he inisilemmal in comparison Hongkong, 8th June, 1918,
Daily News
feat.
BRITISHER.
Hongkong, 8th June, 1910,
{TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS."
SIR, Without going into the question whether the present is an opportune time to approach the public for subscriptions to the above fund, I can only state that,
(Continued on next Column.“)
hour each
for us of
ollow
SPALDING'S
TOURNAMENT, VANTAGE.
TENNIS BALLS. TENNIS POSTS. NETS, COURT MARKERS. CENTRE GUIDES, TAPES.
ALL THESE GOODS ARE OF BRITISH MANUFACTURE.
WEST RIVER STEAMERS.
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JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG. CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO. LTD.
HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.
Slagle Fare by Night Steamer Rela
available also for return by ay steamer)
Gingle Fare by Day Steamer Patern
RONGKONG TO CANTON, L
8. HEUNGSHAN. 10 p.m. FATSHAN.
$3,00
11.00
6.00
9.00
CANTON TO HONGKONG.
FRIDAY, 9TH JUNE, 1916.
8. HONAM:
5 p.m. KINSHÄN,
SATURDAY, 13 JUNE, 1916
61.1. HONAM 10 p.m. MEUNGSHAN
8. MEUNGSHAN, 0 p.m. FATSHAN
HONGKONG-MACAO LINE,
BB. TAIBEAN lai bu lon. SUI fai, Ton 1,651.
HONGKONG TO MACAO.12 Week days at 8 am, and 2 pz. fxcan the Company's Wing Lok Street Want Gundave p1 8. um and 1 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Streek Wharf,
MACAO TO HONGKONG"
Week days al 7.30 e.m. and 2 p.m. Sundays st 7,80 s.m. and 3 pm. EXCURSION TO MACAO, SUNDAY, 11TH JUNE, 1918.
Che Company's New Steamshin
STAISHAN *
Will depart from the Company's WING LOK SIZINT WHARF 21 3 km, and return from Masen 412 p.m.
.B-The Company will also ran » Stammar from Msemo on Bunday at 750D ad from Hongkong at 1 p.m., from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf,
FARES AS USUAL
MACAO-CANTON LINE
8.8. AUT AN
Departure from Macus to Canten on Monday, Wedrsday and Friday, at 9 pm Ispertgres from Cant to Maso on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 4.30 pm JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG. CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.. AND THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. CANTON-WUCHOW LINK
8.8. SINAM, 688 ions, and 8.5. NANKING, 569 tone,
On of the boy. Eteamers leves Canton for Woahow every Monday, Wednesday ans Friday, at about 9 am, and the other leaves Washow for Carton on the same days at 8:30 9,00 Bound Trips is about 5 days. Pesingers can return to Hongkong or vion works by Les Company's direct Biemmer LINTAN and SANUL Thers voels have superior Oběta. secomodation and are Hghted throughout by electricity Electric Pan las enak Cabin,
Seaking Ofice open daily (Bunday excepted) Bam to 5 pm. Further particolare may be obtained at The Ones of the me
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAU STEAMBOAT Us., Eva.
Hotel Mansions (First Floor) opposite the Ente Pier,
12%
SANATOGEN CO. (CHINA).
HEAD OFFICE, THE BUND, SHANGHAI.
BEG announcerely? PENZANCE (Carnwell, ENGLAND)
EG to announce that their, preparations BANATOGEN FORMAM INT, te “LONDON WORKS of the NANATOGENECO. LONDON.
Their Company is exclusively BRITISH and included in the WHITE LIST” Essmed by the CONSDI-GENERAL SHANGHAI
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